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HIGHTECH INCUBATION FOR GERMANY

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LOOKBOOK
FROM TECH TO MARKET – OUR TEAMS

T E A M S S O RT E D BY T H E I R P OT E N T I A L I N D U S T R I E S : Click iCon for link to chapter

Automotive and Transportation Facility and Real Estate

Finance Energy

Healthcare Agriculture

Manufacturing Communication

Construction Microelectronics
FROM TECH TO MARKET – OUR TEAMS

T E A M S P E R P OT E N T I A L I N D U S T R I E

Microelectronics 2

Communication 4

Agriculture 3

Energy 2

Facility and Real Estate 1

Construction 3

Manufacturing 15

Healthcare 8

Finance 2

Automotive and Transportation 6

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
1. AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION
1. AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION

AuVis We make it possible to intuitively experience the effects of infrastructure projects.

DataLoggerAppSupport Simplified service to improve quality, process, cost and customer confidence in logistics.

HAI-QC One-touch adaptable quality control for structural joints – listen to your structure.

A technology which allows to cut development and research time by using a new physical-virtual-reality approach for hybrid
HyTest
testing.

LSC Lightweight seafreight containers to reduce CO2 emission in logistics.

NODE provides software for autonomous navigation that transforms nowadays mobile robots from highly automated systems to
NODE
truly autonomous systems and thereby enable their versatile usage in production and logistic sites.
AuViS Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Methods and platforms (HW&SW) for an
▪ TRL: 6
authentic and trustworthy communication ▪ Time to market: 24 months
of planned infrastructure projects based
on precise recording and simulation ▪ IP: Patents in EU
methods as well as authentic presentation
techniques.
▪ Unfair advantage: Holistic presentations combined with authenticity,
credibility and comparability

MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2013
Customer The results of planned infrastructure projects (i.e. noise
reduction measures on railway lines) cannot be realistically ▪ Located in: Berlin
problem: assessed neither by affected residents nor by political and
economic decision-makers. ▪ Man-years invested:12
With the technology developed for audiovisual simulation,
the effects of the various measures can be experienced ▪ Core competencies: SW-engineering, audio- and video processing,
realistically. auralisation and visualization

Validation: We already have ongoing projects and contracts with DB and other ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Further R&D to open and establish new methods for
customers. LOIs are additionally available.
automatic and interactive auralisation based on BIM.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


AI & Data, Augmented- & Virtual Reality Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering
DataLoggerAppSupport Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
A digital service for simple and trusted quality
▪ TRL: 4; Move to TLR 6 during AHEAD Phase 1
tracking that automatically checks conditions ▪ Time to market: 10-15 years
during the shipment of valuable goods. Based
on a small form factor RFID multi-sensor ▪ IP: One patent application in progress; more planned on algorithms
wireless data logger, a Smartphone app for ▪ Unfair advantage: • Small form factor, long lifetime data logger
the logistics company and their customers, • App support by portable devices (smartphone...)
and the Cloud/On-Premise infrastructure to • Automatic pass/fail decision and protocol generation
store and visualize measurement data and • Digital identification/biometrics
quality results. The transportation quality is • Cloud connection
automatically analyzed by the logger. • RFID sensors & data logger & SW platform expertise

MARKET TEAM
Customer Special logistics companies have to monitor environmental ▪ Core competencies: Business development, technology, R&D
problem: conditions of shipments for e.g. pharmaceutical, medical,
biotech, microelectronics goods. A completely trusted,
digitalized and automated quality assurance (Temperature, ▪ Man-years invested: 10
Humidity, Vibration, Pressure, Light, Shock) in logistics ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Providing technology, further developing technology
processes is missing. to achieve prototyping and product level, tech
Validation: Interviews with special logistics companies showed the need for a transfer, licensing
completely digital solution with multiple sensors and simple usage.
The data logger hardware has been validated in previous projects
and first pilots with a special logistics company.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


IoT & Sensors, Algorithms & Data Healthcare, Medical, Automotive & Transportation, Food & Beverages,
Bio, Logistics
HAI-QC Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
A highly adaptable inline quality control ▪ TRL: 5
of structural components and their ▪ Time to market: 24 months
bonded joints using the
EMI(electromechanical impedance)- ▪ IP: The technology’s invention disclosure is in submission in
Method is enabled for the production of Germany/Europe.
structural parts by using a simple but
universally applicable measurement Unfair advantage:
▪ The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and
system. The innovative sensor head and
System Reliability as developer of the method combines
positioning system allow the user to
experience in structural analytics, electromechanical
perform EMI-measurements and to
systems integration, testing and competencies in data
quickly assess and classify produced parts
analysis to an overall systems expertise. In connection with
and structural joints.
MARKET a broad market access of the institute to all of the
addressed industrial branches this means a unique
Target market: B2B TEAM advantage towards competitors.
▪ Created in: 2018 – Development on the technology since 2014
Customer Manufacturers of structural components in all industrial
problem: branches face the challenge of assuring the desired quality of ▪ Located in: Darmstadt, Hessen
their produced parts and assemblies as well as the security of
their products during the life cycle. Often certified ▪ Man-years invested:approx. 10
manufacturing processes in the aerospace industry even imply
100%-inspection of parts and subassemblies making process- ▪ Core competencies: System integration of electromechanical systems,
accompanying quality assurance a significant cost-driver. signal conditioning, electronics design, data analytics

Validation: To push the technology to market maturity still is an idea with key ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Funding and Support for continued development to
elements of the system in funded development. Preceding and push maturity of the technology. Support in licensing
ongoing R&D work on the technology with partners from the key elements of the product.
aerospace sector shows a definite need for reliable and versatile
qualification measurements for structural components.
TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS
IoT & Sensors, AI & Data Electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, materials engineering,
HyTest - Hybrid Test Solutions Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We got a family of hardware solutions to
▪ TRL: TRL 4 – 7 (depending on solution)
speed up development, reduce ▪ Time to market: 2 month – 2 years (depending on solution)
development cost and shorten the
time2market. ▪ IP: Several patents granted and several pending (US + EP)
Solutions are e.g. tunable mounts, tunable ▪ Unfair advantage: - Unique stiffness tuning technology
and adaptive vibration absorbers and - 8+ yrs. of experience as a team in R&D
mechanical Hardware-in-the-loop - Complementary competences
interfaces. - Network in automotive industry

MARKET TEAM
Customer - Identification of optimized parameters in component ▪ Core competencies: Mechanical design, structural dynamics, adaptive
problem: specification. control and real-time-simulation.
- Consideration of realistic boundary conditions, e.g. in
NVH, durability or reliability tests and experiments. ▪ Man-years invested: 5+
- Validation of highly realistic simulation models. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Offering licenses and supporting technology transfer

Validation: Depending on solution, between


- proof of concept and
- paying customers using prototypes at their facilities to get their
job done.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Other
Automotive, Aerospace, Testing equipment industry, Mechanical
engineering
LSC – Light Sea Freight Container Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
LSC wants to develop lightweight
▪ TRL: 4-5 - light sea-freight container if possible based on renewables materials
seafreight container to reduce CO2 ▪ Time to market: 1 year (Prototype) + 1-2 year Mass Production
emission in the logistic.
▪ IP: IP Strategy shall be developed

▪ Unfair advantage: Experience in the light weight design especially with


renewable Materials.
Our paper-based light weight material

MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2020
Customer An empty TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit) standard
problem: container weights 2 tons. For a fully loaded container ship ▪ Located in: Darmstadt
these are approx. 19% of the load capability without carrying
any cargo. This costs fuel and money, and causes a lot of ▪ Man-years invested:approx. 1 year to the first prototype
CO2 emission.
▪ Core competencies: Light Weight Design, Renewables Materials

Validation: First discussions with potential users. Hapag Lloyd and Hoyer have ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Development of an Innovative Container Design
shown the importance of the idea and they would be interested in a
solution.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Light Weight Design, New Renewables Materials In general Mechanical Engineering (Especially Transportation)
NODE – Navigation on Demand Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
NODE offers software solutions in order
▪ TRL: 5
to coordinate and navigate manufacturer- ▪ Time to market: 1 – 2 years
independent fleet of automated transport
vehicles and mobile robots in professional ▪ IP: Core consists in proprietary SW where source code is only known to the
team, for customers there is an object code
applications. Using network and ▪ Unfair advantage: software has been successfully proven, strong network
cloud/edge computing technology as well
as machine learning, a highly
autonomous, Plug’n’Play solution for
flexible and efficient use vehicle fleets is
realized.

MARKET TEAM
▪ Core competencies: Agile, industrial grade software development, R&D tech
Customer Operating companies of agile production and logistic transfer, Robotics & Autonomous, Navigation
problem: systems rely on mobile robots for a flexible and scalable
material flow in dynamic and changing environments.
Current suppliers are not capable to provide mobile robots
with the required degree of navigation autonomy to operate ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: xxx
in these environments.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Automotive & Transportation, Manufacturing, Mobility & Transport
AI & Data, IoT & Sensors, Drones & Robots
2. FINANCE
2. FINANCE

CelvinO2 AI-based system for energetic retrofits to help banks grow business by new financing solutions.

CertoTrust provides a platform and distributed network for the secure, long-term man-agement and trusted validation of digital
CetroTrust
personal certifications in the financial sector using blockchain technology.
CelvinO2 Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We enable bank advisors to integrate ▪ TRL: 3
energetic retrofitting investments into
standardized counseling interviews with a ▪ Time to market: 20 months
bank’s customers.
▪ IP: So far, none of our technology is patented. But some of the
The software is an AI-based expert system underlying technology has the potential to be patented. However, at
guiding advisors through the few relevant the moment we favor speed over property right protection.
questions and delivers a financing
scheme including an individual retrofitting ▪ Unfair advantage: Team: Speed, tech-savy, domain knowledge (banking
roadmap (by economic and sustainability + energetic retrofitting)
criteria), subsidies & tax benefits, financial Data: Unique data unavaialble for sale on the market
savings from reduced energy costs and Network: Cooperation with association of German
debt service. energy auditors and craftsmen
MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: Q4/2018
Customer Financial service providers and in particular mutual savings
problem: banks suffer from sales pressure as customers churn. This ▪ Located in: Augsburg
is because of price competition and emerging trends such
as sustainable finance solutions. ▪ Man-years invested:1-2 since startup idea; up to 8 including applied research
Banks must develop new products as a counter-measure but @FIT
lack speed and (digital) competencies in promising fields ▪ Core competencies: Data science & analytics (Jannick Töppel)
as in particular financing energetic retrofits. Sales, commercialization & Finance (Timm Tränkler)
Software Engineering & IT (Lars Wederhake)
Validation: Promising on-going dialog with mutual banks and insurers. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: For three reasons:
1) Identification of pilot customers (banks)
2) Advisory by experienced founders
3) Legal counseling

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


AI & Data Economics & Business
CertoTrust Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
CetroTrust addresses the issue of how to
▪ TRL: 6
ensure long-term protection against ▪ Time to market: 6 months
counterfeiting, secure access and secure
management of digital credentials and ▪ IP: Ownership tech: Fraunhofer FIT, AISEC & Academy (Headquarters)
certificates according to the needs of learners, ▪ Unfair advantage: Blockchain Lab at Fraunhofer FIT, Cooperation with
businesses, educational institutions and DATEV
certification bodies. For this purpose, the
CetroTrust certification platform based on
Blockchain technology and open, established
standards was developed.

MARKET TEAM
Customer No counterfeit-proof certificates exist in the financial and ▪ Core competencies: Technical Development, Banking Network, Marketing,
banking sector: For domestic banks and stock exchanges, Sales & Distribution
problem:
certifications are required for employees in sub-sectors to
carry out their business. These certifications are currently ▪ Man-years invested: 1.25
written in paper form and therefore can not be evaluated by ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Technical Development
the employer by machine and are easy to manipulate.
Validation: Personal connections and preliminary talks with key players
in the Financial and Banking Sector.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


AI & Data Financial
3. HEALTHCARE
3. HEALTHCARE

BoostCuttlefish Pushing the limits of 3D printers to reproduce visual and mechanical properties in addition to shape.

CardioTEXTIL CardioTEXTIL is a revolutionary medical grade wearable featuring cardiologic risk monitoring in patient‘s every day life.

CH3F We provide mass screening of compounds for cognitive drug discovery as a service to Pharma.

MERLIN A tool for the design, planning, and documentation of discrete biotechnological workflows.

Neutrocheck Lab-at-home blood test to monitor different aspects of the immune-system.

The next generation of disposable adult incontinence briefs, using an embedded sensor layer in combination with an adaptive
PeriPower
bedside communication unit to create a hygienic, comfortable patient experience.

PrOdour We reduce risk, time, and cost in chemical R&D by predicting odor of molecules with our AI methods.

TissueGrinder Enabling automated, enzyme-free tissue dissociation for personalized medicine.


BoostCuttlefish Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
A modular, voxel- and streaming-based
▪ TRL: 9
3D printer driver „Cuttlefish“ able to ▪ Time to market: 12 months
reproduce optical and mechanical
properties of an object in addition to its ▪ IP: EP3023229, US10279545B2, US20180117849A1, EP3313057,
P15.075GB
shape. Cuttlefish supports various 3D
printing technologies (Polyjetting, SLM,
SLS, SLA, DLP, LCD, FDM, 3DP) and can ▪ Unfair advantage: Cuttlefish is robust to severe and combined errors in
easily be adapted to new technologies. the input 3D model and delivers the highest quality on
the market in reproducing optical/visual properties

MARKET
Target market: B2B, B2C TEAM
▪ Created in: 2013
Customer Locally controlling the process parameters and material
problem: arrangements of 3D printers to reproduce optical and ▪ Located in: Darmstadt
mechanical properties in addition to shape. Making 3D ▪ Man-years invested:Approx. 20
models with severe and combined errors printable for
automatic mass-customized production. ▪ Core competencies: Software architecture design, geometry processing,
computer graphics, perceptual processing

Validation: Cuttlefish was sold to customers for mass-customized production of ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Financial support for developing a graphical user
tens of thousands of parts (Hollywood, retail)
interface, integrating a professional license managment
solution and automatizing the software deployment
process for licensing Cuttlefish to new target groups

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Other: 3D printing xxx
AI & Data, New Materials & Nanotech
CardioTEXTIL Looking for: founding team Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
CardioTEXTIL is a revolutionary medical
▪ TRL: 4
grade wearable featuring cardiologic ▪ Time to market: 1 - 2 years
risk monitoring in patient‘s every day
life. ▪ IP: Know How & Design for : BOM (bill of material), electronics (schematic +
PCB layout) and software (firmware framework, algorithms,
Continuous and long term monitoring communication libs)
enables physicians to get the best
possible data base for in-clinical and ▪ Unfair advantage:  High quality textile integration
out-clinical cardiologic care processes.  Full system development by us without dependencies
from other suppliers (materials, integration, electronics,
signal processing, communication)
 network of manufacturers for medium volume and
network of medical experts and clinical facilities
MARKET TEAM
integration of functional materials as primary sensors e.g. electrodes)
Customer Cardiac disease are still the leading causes of death in ▪ Core competencies: into textile front end ; Analog circuitry for signal acquisition and
problem: Germany. This could be easily prevented by early detection conditioning as well as onboard digital biosignal analysis and realtime
of cardiac diseases. However, many cardiac deterioration visualization (eHealth/mHealth)
and events stay undetected because a continuous heart ▪ Man-years invested: 1
monitoring of patients in everyday life can not be
performed. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: R&D Partner for product development

Validation: Validation of Use Cases in progress: Interviews with different


stakeholders in the medical ecosystem (physicians, patients, health
insurances, hospitals and nursing homes.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


AI & Data, Biotechnology & Life Science
Healthcare, Microelectronics, Medical Devices, Medical Grade Wearables,
Quantified Health, eHealth/mHealth
CH3F - High-throughput cognitive drug screening as a service to Pharma Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
A high-throughput system, to enable
▪ TRL: TRL 3: Research to prove feasibility
large-scale screening of compounds for ▪ Time to market: >2 years
cognitive drug discovery, provided as a
service to pharmaceutical companies. ▪ IP: Currently no IP.

▪ Unfair advantage: We have the experience and technical know-how to


implement rigorous, high-throughput, cost-effective
screening of cognition-enhancing drugs as a service
to pharmaceutical companies.
MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2019
Customer Cognitive drug discovery is challenging, since existing high-
problem: throughput assays are not directly related to cognition, but ▪ Located in: Goettingen
more rigorous assays are low-throughput, and require ▪ Man-years invested: 10+
specialized skills. The ideal solution is high-throughput
automated screening of cognitive drugs provided as a service ▪ Core competencies: electrophysiology, molecular biology, screening of cognition-
to pharmaceutical companies. enhancing compounds, construction of prototypes

Validation: We have years of experience building and using specialized ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Further R&D at Fraunhofer to develop and optimize
techniques to measure the effects of cognition-enhancing drugs in high-throughput prototypes and find engineers.
"low-throughput" prototypes. Feasibility studies have been
conducted to optimize and build high-throughput devices.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Biotechnologies & Life Sciences Biological sciences, Industrial Biotechnology, Clinical medicine, Health
sciences, Health biotechnology
Merlin Process Designer Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Merlin Process Designer is a software that
▪ TRL: 5
enables the iterative design, the ▪ Time to market: <12 months
prospective scheduling and planning, and
the consistent documentation of discrete ▪ IP: No patents or other protection.
biotechnological processes.

▪ Unfair advantage: Mathematically sound formalization of processes


based on a material-flow notation and semantic
representation of process artifacts; combination of
graph-based and prose-based visualization;
integrated process scheduling.
MARKET
Target market: B2C TEAM
▪ Created in: 2016
Customer Iteratively design complex biotechnological processes for
problem: manual and automated environments, changing ▪ Located in: Mannheim/Stuttgart
requirements, meticulous documentation, interoperable with ▪ Man-years invested:5-10
electronic documentation systems, multi-language support,
planning and reporting ▪ Core competencies: >15 years comb. experience in lab. automation, strong
software development, NLP, AI planning

Validation: Deployed at first industrial customer in addition to various lab ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Establish a sound licensing path (as a business model)
prototypes that allows to continue/advance development while
maintaining the Fraunhofer environment.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Biotechnologies & Life Sciences , AI & Data Industrial Biotechnology, Clinical Medicine, Agricultural Biotechnology,
Health Biotechnology, Biological Sciences
Neutrocheck Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Our lab-at-home blood test can reliably monitor
▪ Description:
different aspects of the immune-system or any other We have adapted the existing Fraunhofer technology
protein biomarker, delivering results within minutes that
Neutrocheck
for rapid antibody-based detection, to count the
are stored and automatically communicated to the number of neutrophils (indicator of immune function)
primary care physician. from a finger prick blood sample. A smartphone camera
collects the data that is stored in an app and shared
with the primary physician as per GDPR.

MARKET ▪ Unfair advantage:


Customer There exists no reliable home-based method of monitoring the health of
Our solution is based on well-tested methodology and
problem: the immune system, which would, if available, help optimise the regimen of
it is straightforward to introduce additional antibodies
chemotherapy or other immunosuppressive treatments with respect to the
to target different cells of the immune-system. Our
strength of the immune-system.
method is therefore modular, where a set of tests can
be customised for specific diseases.

Customers The simplicity of our technology creates a diverse set of clients, ranging from any
type of cancer or immunocompromised patient, hospitals in need for quick
primary tests, as well as pharmaceutical companies that would couple their drugs
with our technology.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


Biotechnologies & Life Sciences Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine,
Health Sciences, Health Biotechnology
PeriPower Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
PeriPower is the next generation of disposable adult
▪ Description:
incontinence briefs. Our embedded sensor layer in Our single-use briefs with a passive humidity-sensing
combination with an adaptive bedside communication unit RFID tag combine with an adaptive bedside processing
creates a hygienic, comfortable patient experience. unit for high-power, real-time notifications to
Advanced data processing technology notifies caregivers caregivers.
of incontinence incidents in real-time, reduces time used in
unnecessary checks, and informs long-term treatment
decisions. PeriPower is developing a solution that is
completely wireless and unobtrusive. There is no additional
workload for clinicians and there is no device on the
patient
MARKET ▪ Unfair advantage:
Customer Over 200 million people worldwide are living with urinary incontinence (UI).
While some humidity sensors for incontinence briefs
problem: In addition to affecting patient quality of life, UI is a leading risk factor for
exist on the market, they require Bluetooth and power.
falls, urinary tract infections and pressure ulcers, the latter costing the
This makes them expensive, heavy, and non-disposable.
German healthcare system up to 2.3 Billion euros annually.
PeriPower briefs fit within existing nurses’ patient care
workflows, but inform them when a patient is sitting in
a wet brief.
Customers We designed our product for nurses to use with incontinent patients in hospitals
and nursing homes. In Germany, more than 2.18 million adults over 40 experience
UI. As many incontinence-related costs are not covered as part of the DRG,
PeriPower briefs create value for these facilities.

TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS


AI & Data, Biotechnologies & Life Sciences Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine,
Health Sciences, Health Biotechnology
PrOdour - Odor Prediction for Consumer Goods Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We provide our customers with an
▪ TRL: 3
application that allows them to know the ▪ Time to market: 18 months
odour of the material they develop before
producing it. Our application allows them ▪ IP: No patent yet, secret know-how and copyright available.
to design the odour of substances and ▪ Unfair advantage: • Excellent personal connections to world market
materials, making materials development leading companies
less of a vabanque game and more a • We are not just an interdisciplinary team, but experts
design approach. in both fields, chemistry and Machine Learning
• Proprietary data sets

MARKET TEAM
Customer A typical customer problem looks like: After five years of ▪ Core competencies: Chemistry & Machine Learning
problem: spending huge efforts to develop a new material for PET
bottles that fulfilled all their technical requirements, Coca
Cola company could still not use this product for bottles ▪ Man-years invested: 4,5
because of its bad smell (and asked us what to do). ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Visibility and access to industrial customers,
Access to Fraunhofer data and methods
Validation: • The world market leader in flavour & fragrance, Givaudan, spends
more than 400 Mio €/a to develop around 3000 new substances,
out of which only one makes it to the market.
• Procter & Gamble couldn’t sell diapers made from a new material
because they smelled bad (that is before use…).
TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS
AI & Data, Other: Chemistry, Pharma Consumer Products & Services, Food & Beverages, Healthcare, Flavour
& Fragrance
TissueGrinder Looking for: founding team Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The TissueGrinder combines a new, unique and patented ▪ TRL: 7
mechanical cell dissociation method with intelligent control
algorithms to provide a high quality single cell suspension ▪ Time to market: 1-2 years
from various tissue samples. Thus, it is an enabling
technology for individualized and precision medicine which ▪ IP: DE102016216345B3 (granted), PCT patent (pending)
is based on the analysis of such high quality single cells. The
product consist of a sterile and single use cutting device
(compatible with standard lab ware), an intelligent benchtop
driving unit and a software for customized tissue ▪ Unfair advantage: Enzyme-free, fast and automated production of single cells from
dissociation protocols and data acquisition. The dissociation a variety of tissue samples  surface markers for cancer and
core unit is optimized for an ideal combination of shear and
cutting force resulting in highly viable cells with preserved other diseases stay intact and can be used for diagnostics and
surface markers for subsequent molecular analysis or research; Processing and accessibility for single cell analysis of
cultivation. formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples
MARKET (extensive but currently unused resource of clinically annotated
Target market: B2B, B2C TEAM tissue samples)
▪ Created in: 2016
The future of healthcare diagnostics starts on the single cell level. Even high-end
Customer
problem:
technologies like next generation sequencing (NGS) can be improved if applied on ▪ Located in: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
pure cell populations or on a single cell level. The vast majority of these technologies
need individual and undistorted cells for the analytical process. Prior treatment with
enzymes, as current state of the art, changes the cell’s morphology and surface
▪ Man-years invested: 5
markers which drastically decreases their diagnostic potential. Thus, the TissueGrinder
as enzyme-free but yet fast and reliable technology is necessary to unveil their full
▪ Core competencies: Design and production of the functional disposables, Tissue
diagnostic potential. analysis in clinical, biotechnological and pharmaceutical settings,
Automation of routine procedures in Life Sciences, Sensor
Validation: Multiple TissueGrinder demonstration systems have already been tested at different customers' integration for process and quality control, Application-specific
sites for various relevant applications (real time deformability flow cytometry, NGS ) showing optimization of tissue dissociation process
promising results for reducing process time, improving quality of cells and a potential for
integration into current routine procedures. Further identification and first evaluation of relevant ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Partner in further R&D; Legal support, Marketing,
applications were performed by researchers (MPI, Uni-HD) and international clinicians (NOR, SWE, identification + development of business cases;
GER, CAN, CH, FRA). Customized consumables are already produced at commercial scale Cooperation with external start-up to commercialize the
(injection molding) and available.
technology
TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS
Biotechnologies & Life Sciences, IoT & Sensors, Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Health Sciences,
Health Biotechnology
4. MANUFACTURING
4. MANUFACTURING

FLM machine with new extruder technology and A new way to program industrial robots to help companies create
AccurAdditive pitasc
control electronics. automation solutions for their processes and products.

Scaling up 3D-printing of metal parts to new Reducing of inspection costs by analyzing machine
Additive Steel QUANTIFLY
dimensions. and sensors data in manufacturing.

Speed up distribution safety development with real We manufacture individual all-glass corner glazing
ASD S-Glass
time, review-ready content-control-loop in ASD-SW and give rooms a new attitude to life.

Classifly offers fast and reliable optical quality Installation of sensors in valves and other
Classifly Tesor
assurance for deformable objects and clothing. components for status prediction.
Our method allows a computer to identify and
An algorithm and a platform to automatically split
Clous VDL detect 3D objects based on CAG data using camera
design tasks into several smaller tasks.
frames.
An AI based online service to help production managers and A modular AR-based SW platform designed to provide individual
EviaS vision engineers with self-adaptive algorithms to enable, ensure XTEND support by visualizing process-related information in the physical
and optimize their production and quality. workspace of the user.

The HPCI technology enables automated metal-


HPCI
polymer-joining within seconds.

Our IndLoc system helps companies to increase


IndLoc
process reliability within the manual picking process.

Teaching robots visually with a camera and AI-


MERA
support.
AccurAdditive - Accurate and reliable Fused Layer Phase II
Modelling (FLM) for industrial applications
PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We developed an innovative Fused Layer
▪ TRL: 4
Modelling (FLM) machine for accurate, reliable ▪ Time to market: 1 year
and fast industrial additive manufacturing of
polymer materials. Using the advantage of a ▪ IP: Patent applied for the extruder
newly-developed extruder and an innovative ▪ Unfair advantage: Patent applied for the extruder and special know-how
control technology, the manufactured parts in control technology / electronics, which cannot be
are accurate, smooth and steady. In easily copied or bought by competitors.
conclusion with the developed FLM machine
you can manufacture parts in good quality at
a cheap price.

MARKET TEAM
Customer Available FLM machines only achieve an inadequate process ▪ Core competencies: Patent applied for the extruder and special know-how
accuracy (poor dimensional tolerance, rough surface finish, in control technology / electronics, which cannot be
problem:
unsteady anisotropic properties etc.) and are characterized easily copied or bought by competitors.
by a slow manufacturing speed. Despite these disadvantages ▪ Man-years invested: 5
the manufactured parts are very expensive. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Consulting in patent issues, providing a background
for further R&D, support by Fraunhofer Venture to
Validation: By using a prototype FLM machine, the advantage of the newly- bring technology to market
developed extruder and the corresponding innovative control
technology was already successfully demonstrated before the patent
application.

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Other: Additive Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Mass Customization Aerospace, Automotive & Transportation, Consumer Products &
Services, Manufacturing & Construction, Retail, MRO – Maintenance,
Repair and Operations
Additive Steel Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We developed a method to scale up 3D-
▪ TRL: 3
printing of metal parts to new dimensions. ▪ Time to market: 2 years, not full scale
The product combines casting technologies
with digital layer wise production. The weight ▪ IP: First patent application placed, two more in preparation
of the printed parts which are sold as a service ▪ Unfair advantage: Excellent access to casting technologies and market
will be from several hundred kilogram to (access through the founding team)
multiple tons.

MARKET TEAM
Customer At the moment customers have to design each part for the ▪ Core competencies: Mechatronics, engineering of machines and systems,
used production technology. This means several restrictions management experience, IP knowledge, scientific
problem:
in the shape of the component. Especially topology know how, economic understanding, market access
optimized parts are not possible for big dimensions. ▪ Man-years invested: <1 year

▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Interesting patent portfolio, transfer scientific actions


to Fraunhofer projects, collaboration in public
Validation: At Fraunhofer IGCV first tests to proof the concept were performed. founded projects.
Liquid steel can be dosed as necessary and printed lines of molten
material bind with each other in a suitable way.

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New Materials & Nanotech, Additive Manufacturing, Industrial production Agriculture, Automotive & Transportation, Energy & Utilities,
Environment & Water, Manufacturing & Construction
ASD – Accelerated Safety Development Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Thousands of information puzzle pieces need ▪ TRL: 5
to be systematically developed and connected ▪ Time to market: 6 – 9 months
over company boarders in safety-related
development of complex mechatronic systems. ▪ IP: Copyright on software code by author
ASD enables the participating R&D
departments to push their speed in
simultaneous engineering to a new level. It ▪ Unfair advantage: Automatic real-time values about completeness and
provides automatic real-time evaluation on correctness of all information puzzle pieces in safety
completeness and correctness of development development are currently not available on the
information, allows just-in-time decisions and market. Further AI-integration with semantic analysis
reviews along each step of safety development features will improve current solution.
MARKET in review-ready quality.
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2012
Customer Safety assessment of complex mechatronic systems covers
problem: information pieces spread over different companies. Late ▪ Located in: Plochingen (near Stuttgart)
completion and availability of documents for safety assessment ▪ Man-years invested:4 years invested in concept and technology
hinders the necessary review of completeness and correctness.
These reviews are done by humans. This results in late and costly ▪ Core competencies: Safety relevant mechatronic systems engineering (12
changes of the safety implementation, false-positive reviews are years), technology invention on ASD, programming
more likely.
Validation: Software prototype (ASD) validated with data of industry safety ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Bring product to market, contact to industry
development projects along engineering dissertation
development partners, further development with
Customer problem experienced as safety engineer; further validated
Fraunhofer
in interviews with industry project partners at Fraunhofer

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AI & Data Computer and Information Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Electronic
Engineering, Information Engineering, Medical Engineering,
Manufacturing Engineering and Automation
Classifly Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
With our software we offer our customers the
▪ TRL: 6
opportunity to digitize and automate their ▪ Time to market: 1 month
manual quality assurance processes. We advise We have one patent pending DE 102016014123 / EP 3327627; We
customers in this industry on the advantages ▪ IP: own a lot of data, relevant for this business; other parts are hard to
digitization of their QA processes offers and, protect and can be found partially in research papers
realize tailor-made computer vision solutions.
We rely on our Classifly framework developed ▪ Unfair advantage: We have a unique database of annotated fabric samples as
well as washed safety clothing. With this data base we are
for the classification of clothing. We develop the only provider able to ensure the automated fulfillment
software and integrate it according to of the standard EN DIN 20471. We are already on the
customer requirements into their existing market and can react quickly to new requirements.
MARKET infrastructure.

Target market: B2B TEAM


▪ Created in: 2015
Customer By now, items of clothes can’t be reliably tested for their condition
problem: within a reasonable time. Classifly’s automated solution examines ▪ Located in: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
defects caused by the washing process. This can partially replace ▪ Man-years invested:4
the manual quality assurance of work wear, high-visibility clothing,
etc. , provide higher quality, reduce labor cost and create further ▪ Core competencies: Machine Learning; Project, quality, technical management;
opportunities by further digitizing production processes. Software development + engineering, System testing,
engineering and management
Validation: We have a valuable client who already uses two quality assurance ▪ Role of Fraunhofer:
systems regarding warning clothes. We performed several feasibility
studies and are close to selling more system for other applications

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AI & Data Computer & Information Sciences
Clous Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Clous is an engineering platform that can be used to
▪ Description:
distribute the design tasks of machine and plant An algorithm that derives design tasks into small
manufacturers to engineering service providers interdependent tasks that can be solved individually
worldwide. With the help of clous.engine, the design and then automatically integrated into a complete
tasks can be divided automatically into many smaller design solution.
tasks that can be solved independently of each other.
As a result, companies can be very fast while
maintaining their intellectual property at all times.

MARKET ▪ Unfair advantage:


Customer Increasing product complexity and full order books lead to more and
Immense savings in costs and, above all, time in
problem: more design tasks that have to be solved in even less time. In addition,
construction activities. While maintaining the IP.
there is a considerable shortage of skilled workers.

Customers Small and medium-sized enterprises in mechanical engineering, toolmaking,


mould making and plant construction.

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AI & Data Manufacturing & Construction
DELTA Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
New cheap sensors and actuators:
▪ TRL: 4
With dielectric elastomer transducers ▪ Time to market: 18 months
compact, low-cost sensors and actuators
(e.g. loudspeakers) can be build without ▪ IP: A patent in Europe and US protects the transducer design. It is the
basis for the technology described here.
using rare-earths or precious metal. Our
sensors and actuators are just made of
rubber and thin metal electrodes. ▪ Unfair advantage: As raw material we just need rubber and metal. There
is no need for rare-earth elements, lead or expensive
metals.

MARKET
Target market: B2B, B2C TEAM
▪ Created in: 2010
Customer State-of-the-art sensors and actuators depend on precious
problem: metals (e.g. copper) as well as rare-earths, which are ▪ Located in: Darmstadt
expensive and limited. In case of the latter, trade
dependencies to countries like China exist. We make sensors ▪ Man-years invested:5
and actuators cheaper and reduce supply dependencies.
▪ Core competencies: Structural dynamics, vibration control, mechanical
engineering

Validation: Our technology has drawn strong attention of many companies in a ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: R&D for suitable low-cost electronics, R&D for
huge variety of different markets. Among those, an automotive
industrial-suited manufacturing process
supplier and a consumer-product manufacturer are paying for the
demonstration of the technology with respect to their applications.

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AI & Data, IoT & Sensors Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering,
Information Engineering
EviaS Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We provide a fully automated on demand
▪ TRL: 4
service operation on scarce client’s data ▪ Time to market: <1 year
generating image/data processing
pipelines according to customer specific ▪ IP: No copyright protection, black boxing
requests. Machine Vision optimized for ▪ Unfair advantage: interdisciplinary team, prototype has proven
scarce data and/or fast in service functionality
operation.

MARKET TEAM
▪ Core competencies: Optics, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, Machine
Customer The effort of monitoring systems and data processing is Learning
problem: urgent for production companies. Expert knowledge is often
tied to individuals which makes it difficult to transfer. In
addition, the time-to-market highly depends on design
effort for monitoring systems. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: xxx

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AI & Data, IoT & Sensors Aerospace, Agriculture, Automotive & Transportation. Healthcare,
Manufacturing & Construction, Med
HPCI – HeatPressCool-Integrative Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Our product “HPCI” is a joining gun, which
▪ TRL: 4 - 5
connects metal to thermoplastics within ▪ Time to market: < 1 year
seconds and can be integrated into assembly
lines like a spot welding gun. The HPCI ▪ IP: Patent application and „intelligence“ module
technology can substitute bonding or ▪ Unfair advantage: Last months: Technology and system presentations
mechanical joining. at Fairs to show potential competitors the
HPCI - advantage

MARKET TEAM
Customer Hybrid parts, made of metal and plastics are expensive and ▪ Core competencies: Technology knowhow, market knowledge
problem: not fully optimized because of the lack of efficient and
flexible joining techniques.
▪ Man-years invested: 4
▪ Role of Fraunhofer: R&D at Fraunhofer, Industrialization by the Spin-off or
founding team
Validation: Validated under relevant conditions together with potential end
users.

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New Materials & Nanotech Aerospace, Automotive & Transportation, Consumer Products &
Services, Manufacturing & Construction
IndLoc Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The inductive localization system IndLoc ▪ TRL: 6
helps companies to increase reliability in ▪ Time to market: 1.5 years
the manual picking processes. It detects in
which shelf compartment a worker has ▪ IP: 18 relevant patents and invention disclosures
reached, by the means of a small, passive, ▪ Unfair advantage: • Passivity of the localization object
lightweight component attached to the • Robustness against occlusion and harsh
workers wrist. Correct actions are environments
acknowledged automatically. • Simple and low cost sensors setup
• Retrofitting of already rolled-out shelfs possible
• Easily adaptable compartments configuration
(function, position and size) via software
MARKET TEAM
Customer Manual picking processes still exhibit a high rate of ▪ Core competencies: Signal processing, hardware design, software design,
magnetic field theory, project management
problem: expensive erroneous picks. Current aiding systems using a
manual acknowledge to solve that problem are bulky and
heavy as well as complex to implement, to control and to ▪ Man-years invested: 5
operate. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: R&D

Validation: Market analysis conducted by external company (LZE GmbH):


• Identification of applications
• Overview of target markets and value chain
• Expert interviews
• Several LoIs

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Other: Near Field Localization Automotive & Transportation, Manufacturing & Construction, Retail,
Logistics
MERA Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Teaching robots visually with a camera. ▪ TRL: 3
Users can select points of interest such as ▪ Time to market: 1-2 years
screw holes in the frame of a camera.
User Data created during the teaching ▪ IP: None
process is the basis for a AI-based
localization algorithm for new points of
interest. Use-cases include screwing, ▪ Unfair advantage: We got knowledge in the specific domains and
riveting, gluing, coating, inspecting and expertise in the applications and understand the
dispensing needs of the customers. We also have applied
knowledge in Areas of computer vision, robotics,
machine learning, the combination of which makes
our team unique.
MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2018
Customer Programming robots to achieve a task can be tedious and time
problem: consuming. This problem typically arises when programming ▪ Located in: Stuttgart
industrial robots on the shop floor to perform tasks like joining ▪ Man-years invested:3+
two parts or carrying out any assembly task where actual target
positions of the robot motions have to match the real geometry ▪ Core competencies: Computer Vision, control, robotics, machine learning,
of the parts to assemble. application Expertise
Validation: Expressed Interest as well as Letter of Interest of several partners in ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Further R&D at Fraunhofer to develop technology
the field of gluing, riveting and screwing. packages for new application areas

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AI & Data, Drones & Robots, Augmented- & Virtual Reality Computer and Information Sciences, Automotive and Manufacturing,
Robotics, Transportation, Maintenance
pitasc Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
A new way to program industrial robots:
▪ TRL: 6 – demonstrated in relevant environment
By combining predefined software ▪ Time to market: 1 – 2 years
building blocks, advanced sensor-based
robot motions can be programmed ▪ IP: Difficult to protect. Partly described in scientific publications
without writing a single line of code. ▪ Unfair advantage: We reuse generic building blocks and quickly adapt
We help companies to create and offer them to new application areas. By this, we leverage a
automation solutions for their specific common building block system to vastly reduce the
processes and products. Examples include amount of effort that is necessary for each process,
riveting, wiring, gluing, and screw-driving. product variant or robot cell setup.
Market demand: More than 400,000€ in revenue so far.
An additional 900,000€ in prospect.
MARKET TEAM
Customer Assembly automation is hard. Process specific tools have to ▪ Core competencies: Robotics & control, software engineering,
be designed to execute complex processes and to handle machine learning
problem:
part tolerances. While the integration of force-sensors or
cameras may reduce this hardware complexity, experts ▪ Man-years invested: 10+
would now be needed for software integration.
▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Further R&D at Fraunhofer to develop technology
packages for new application areas
Validation: We have two strong partner companies: An automotive supplier and
a producer of tools for wiring control panels that aims to provide an
automated solution to its customers. In addition, several feasibility
studies have been conducted.

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Drones & Robots, IoT & Sensors, AI & Data Automotive & Transportation, Manufacturing & Construction, Robotics
QUANTIFY Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Quantify is a software which reduces the
▪ TRL: 4 - Component and/or Breadboard Laboratory Validated
inspection efforts by evaluation of ▪ Time to market: 2 years
manufacturing process data. The data is
enriched with technology knowledge to ▪ IP: The know how which is inherent in the existing process models is
confidential to the Fraunhofer IPT and currently implemented partly in
quantify the accuracy of the an existing, non commercial software tool.
manufactured component. The result is a
fine-meshed image of the dimensional ▪ Unfair advantage: The Technological knowledge and the existing process
deviations for manufactured components. models allow a precise evaluation of the resulting
component accuracy based on manufacturing process
data.
MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2018
Customer In manufacturing, high requirements are placed on
problem: component accuracy. The part quality is usually inspected ▪ Located in: Aachen
with coordinate measuring machines in a time-consuming ▪ Man-years invested:< 2
process step. The resulting measurement efforts, especially
for complex 3D components, lead to increased production ▪ Core competencies: Manufacturing technologies, data acquisition, data
times and product costs. analytics, uncertainty quantification

Validation: First validation in manufacturing environment at Fraunhofer IPT is ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Network, infrastructure and equipment to develop
completed. Potential customers show interest in a commercial quantify towards a commercial product
solution.

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AI & Data, IoT & Sensors Mathematics, Computer and information sciences, information
engineering, Mechanical engineering
Phase II
S-Glass – Full glass corner insulation glazings Looking for: founding team

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The new full glass corner insulation glazing
▪ TRL: 5
is bent in a special thermal oven process. ▪ Time to market: 0,5 years
The glass is globally heated to a base
temperature, the sharp bending is realized ▪ IP: 1 granted and 3 patents applied
by precise local heating in the bending ▪ Unfair advantage: New geometries, sharp corners in glass, bending radii
zone. The process is characterized by: smaller than 50 mm, Full-glass-glass-insulation-glazing
• Short production time around the corner
• High product quality: no imprints, low
waviness, high optical quality
• Adaptable to single piece production or
mass fabrication
• Scalable to individual glass formats
MARKET TEAM
Customer Using conventional bending processes by bending flat glass ▪ Core competencies: Process-Know-How, Know-How of machines and tools
problem: to sharp corners results in poor quality of the products with (molds) and materials
imprints and waviness. The minimum radii that can be
achieved are 50 mm. Hence, full glass corner insulation ▪ Man-years invested: 4
glazing is not available. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Owner of patents; Technology expert and consultant,
basic research, simulation
Validation: First demonstrators manufactured; Validation after up-scaling and
manufacturing of real insulation glazing and proof of suitability in
the field are still outstanding.

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Other: Insulating Glazing, Glass Bending Process Automotive & Transportation, Consumer Products & Services, Energy &
Utilities, Manufacturing & Construction, Architecture
Tesor Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The solution to predict durability of valves ▪ TRL: 2
and other components of pipe systems. ▪ Time to market: 1-2 years
We use an intelligent sensor system in ▪ IP:
valves and other fittings.

In subsequent steps we would like to ▪ Unfair advantage: AI knowledge in combination with mechanical
connect multiple sensor parts in pipe engineering plus contacts including the KSB among
systems to achieve more dynamic other institutions, which lead to intelligent sensor
systems. solutions in valves and other fittings in complex pipe
systems.
MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2019
Customer Currently, there is no sensor solution on the market that can
problem: predict durability of valves nor other important fittings. This ▪ Located in: Berlin
is very important because broken valves often result in ▪ Man-years invested:< 1
catastrophes (financial and environmental). Furthermore,
such systems can reduce maintenance costs and increase ▪ Core competencies: AI, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
operational efficiency. Economics

Validation: We are in contact with several leading companies in the pipe and ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Sensor Technology
valve industry, such as KSB, who will benefit greatly from these
implementations. The market potential is tremendous for businesses
and customers alike, especially with the chemical and oil applications.

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AI & Data, IoT & Sensors Computer and Information Technology Sciences , Physical Sciences,
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering,
Information Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
VDL - Visual Deep Learning Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The use of Machine Learning Algorithms
▪ TRL: 6

in unsupervised learning algorithms is ▪ Time to market: 20 months


trained to a Computer Vision classifier
based on CAD data of industrial objects. ▪ IP: Parts of the ideas and concepts are described in the following patent
application: EP18200557.9 „System und Verfahren zum Prüfen der
The classifier is capable of identifying Form eines Prüfobjektes“ (IPM, IGD 15.08.2018)
captured object within a live camera
image. ▪ Unfair advantage: The efficient CAD based training can only be realized on
basis of the “Visual Computing as a Service”
technologies, that integrate the required background
technology in rendering and computer vision developed
in the last decade of a 40+ persons developer team.
MARKET
Target market: B2B, possible customers are NeuroCheck GmbH, VMT TEAM
Technologies ▪ Created in:
Customer Current Object Detection bases on labelled camera images
problem: that is linked to high effort for interactive labelling, high ▪ Located in: Darmstadt
inflexibility in product variations (e.g. different object ▪ Man-years invested:3
colours) and high instability in unstable illuminations.
▪ Core competencies: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer
Graphics

Validation: The ML-algorithms have been implemented and tested with various ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: The technology should be licensed from Fraunhofer
exemplary objects (e.g. automotive parts form Daimler, WISA Freifall either to machine vision companies (e.g. ISRA Vision,
test objects). A demonstrator to the technology has been developed. Zeiss, VMT) or to end customers (Daimler, BMW, VW)

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AI & Data Computer and Information Sciences
XTEND Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
XTEND is a modular AR-based software platform
▪ Description:
designed to provide individual support by visualizing XTEND is a flexible software platform for the efficient
process-related information in the physical workspace of implementation of customer-oriented assistance
the user for a variety of industrial tasks in different solutions. The support of common standards enables
industries. the embedding into existing production environments
and guarantees a high degree of adaptability.

MARKET ▪ Unfair advantage:


Customer Increasingly complex production processes, shorter product life cycles and
XTEND has been developed over several years in close
problem: far-reaching consequences of demographic change are leading to far-
cooperation with industrial partners and has been
reaching changes for both companies and employees.
consistently aligned to the needs of practical
applications. Since then, several systems have been in
practical use in different industries.

Customers The modularity of the XTEND platform enables solutions for the majority of all
branches of industry. The focus is on SMEs from the manufacturing industry and
their specific requirements in the context of industry 4.0.

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Augmented- & Virtual Reality Manufacturing & Construction, Industrie 4.0
5. CONSTRUCTION
5. CONSTRUCTION

Smarticipate Interactive, interoperable and modular digital platform for urban planning and public participation.

WUFI Easy Evaluation WUFI Easy Evaluation – hygrothermal simulation for everyone!

WUFI Web Plus Hygrothermal building simulation – accessible from everywhere and available for everyone.
SMARTICIPATE Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Interactive, interoperable and modular
▪ TRL: 7
digital platform for urban planning. It ▪ Time to market: 1 year
transforms open data in information and
allows local authorities and citizens to ▪ IP: Among three partners in the EU project consortium
develop their own apps which provide ▪ Unfair advantage: • Fraunhofer‘s name behind
automatic feedback based on known • 3 prototypes validated by 3 EU cities
constraints. • Combination of technical expertise, urban planning
knowledge and experience in working with public
authorities

MARKET TEAM
Customer • Face difficulties to actively involve citizens in shaping their urban
▪ Core competencies: • Software development and support
• Business development and entrepreneurship
problem: environment
• Invest in projects that are later not accepted by the citizens
• Cross-department decision taking procedures take time; real-time ▪ Man-years invested: 6
Feedback Service reduces the efforts ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: • Licensing
• Annoyed citizens from voting on already taken decisions • Further R&D at Fraunhofer
Validation: Tested in the cities of Hamburg, Rome and London. • Cooperation partner of the spin-off

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Open Data, Geospatial Information Management, Augmented & Virtual Public Goods and Services (Urban Planning), Citizens Engagement
Reality, Web-based Citizens Engagement
WEE – WUFI Easy Evaluation Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
WUFI Easy Evaluation makes high end
▪ TRL: 3
hygrothermal simulation tools available ▪ Time to market: 18-24 months
for normal planners.
▪ IP: WUFI is a registered trademark owned by Fraunhofer – IBP
Numerical solver and computational core is internal know how
Thus, sustainable and energy efficient
buildings get damage free, resilient and
more durable. ▪ Unfair advantage: WUFI is worldwide known as a synonym for moisture
protection software. WUFI Easy Evaluation will get
exclusive access (apart from Fraunhofer) to the
simulation core. A partner network for distribution and
support is already available, there are hardly any
MARKET competitors worldwide, moisture protection
continuously gains in importance due to energy saving
Target market: B2B TEAM methods and higher legal requirements.
▪ Created in: 2017
Customer Energy efficient buildings experience increasing moisture
problem: loads and often damages. They require a sophisticated ▪ Located in: Holzkirchen, Bavaria
hygrothermal design which is today reserved to rare and ▪ Man-years invested:50 in the basic simulation model, 0.5 years in the design tool
expensive specialists. However, new standards require such
design as a regular service from normal planners. ▪ Core competencies: Long term experience in hygrothermal component
evaluation, programming of practice tools, close
contact to building practice
Validation: Idea and first discussions, positive feedback from customers ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Fraunhofer provides and enhances the hygrothermal
worldwide, customer interviews, principle proof of concept simulation model WUFI and highlights the scientific
background and independence. Together IBP and spin
off covers the whole demand from building practice

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AI & Data Civil Engineering
WUFI Plus Web Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The go-to solution for building energy, ▪ TRL: 7 – desktop version available, web version as prototype
comfort and durability design: A web
▪ Time to market: < 12 months
based building simulation environment
with intuitive client side GUI and powerful ▪ IP: WUFI trademark protected, hygrothermal building simulation on
server side data handling and unified data model are secret know how
computation. We help companies to
design reliable and efficient buildings ▪ Unfair advantage: We run building simulation models with different
faster with a scalable and interactive spatial and temporal resolution on high-performance
solution at a lower cost. computers in the cloud while providing inputs through
a unified data model. With this we considerably
reduce the time and complexity for data input and
MARKET simulation while enabling collaborative work on
Target market: B2B TEAM projects.
▪ Created in: 2011
Customer Complex building design requires on-time interaction and
problem: decision making based on a currently non-streamlined ▪ Located in: Holzkirchen, (Kraków)
project/modeling process. Customers lack access, time, ▪ Man-years invested:20+
data/information and computation power to make informed
decisions cost effectively. ▪ Core competencies: Software engineering, distribution, support and model
development, hygrothermal building simulation

Validation: Licenses for existing desktop versions of the software sold to users in ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: License Agreement for existing WUFI Plus and WUFI
more than 70 countries worldwide, annual increase in license revenue Passive calculation engines, continuous R&D for
>10% (Plus) to >40% (Passive). User feedback guides technology material and system data as well as new model
development. Acknowledged (Award) prototype application with developments
hygrothermal building simulation in the cloud.
TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS
AI & Data, Other: building simulation Civil engineering, Mechanical engineering
6. FACILITY AND REAL ESTATE
6. FACILITY AND REAL ESTATE

Symvio supports building owners and managers in realizing the full energy potential of their buildings by reducing operational
Symvio
costs and developing new revenue stream.
Symvio Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Symvio develops AI solutions to support
▪ TRL: 5-7
building operators in their daily work. We ▪ Time to market: 2
provide transparency on what actually
happens in buildings. ▪ IP: One patent filed and under evaluation by EPA
We identify optimization potential in the ▪ Unfair advantage: • This approach requires low initial investment, data
operations of technical building available in the building management system is
installations such as ventilation systems. sufficient to achieve initial results.
Our real time detection and diagnostics of
• Combination of machine learning with user feedback
operational deviations enables quality
only requires short training periods and ensures that
assurance in buildings to guarantee user
comfort, higher energy efficiency and the solution adapts to changing environmental
fault free building services. conditions as well as user needs
MARKET TEAM
Customer Building operators are under increasing pressure to reduce ▪ Core competencies: Automated building monitoring based on
problem: costs. With increasing complexity of buildings, many faults in machine learning algorithms
the operations of building installations are not detected.
Indeed, facility managers often lack time and know-how to ▪ Man-years invested: 10+
manage buildings properly. Wrong building operations can ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Fraunhofer ISE will support the technology
lead to efficiency losses up to 20%. development of the new venture. In addition, the
Validation: The technology has been tested with potential users under real team has a good overview of the state-of-the art, the
conditions. The value proposition for a solution that builds on this market and competitors.
technology is currently being tested with potential customers.

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AI & Data, IoT & Sensors Real Estate, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Industrial Processes
7. ENERGY
7. ENERGY

Q-Fly Supporting O&M companies to reduce LCOE by airborne condition monitoring for solar plants.

T2O2 Intelligent control for efficient and low-emission combustion.


Q-Fly Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Power and heat obtained from solar ▪ TRL: 3-6
energy are produced in power plants that
are spread across several square ▪ Time to market: 6-12 months
kilometers. QFly is an software product IP:
that uses drone-assisted imaging and ▪ The used methods and tools are protected by three complementary
data to deliver performance parameters patents.
like soiling, defects, and low performing
areas. This information is indispensable ▪ Unfair advantage: Vast experience in the rather complex field of airborne
for condition monitoring and predictive
maintenance to optimize the plants qualification of CP fields. We are technology leader in
efficiency, security, and service life. the field with several years of technological lead

MARKET
Target market: B2C; B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2011
Customer A goal in the operation of solar power plants is the reduction of
problem: the LCOE, which can be achieved by enhancing efficiency and ▪ Located in: Almeria, Spain (Plataforma Solar de Almeria)
reducing O&M costs. The stated goal of power plant operators is ▪ Man-years invested: 7
to move from failure-based maintenance strategy to condition-
based maintenance. This requires efficient and comprehensive ▪ Core competencies: Remote sensing, image processing, drone technology,
condition monitoring. GIS data, IR-thermography, photogrammetry

Validation: Some features of the technology are already licensed to a DLR Spin ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: The institute of solar research of DLR has hosted and
off while others are still under development and require upscaling supported research activities on this topic. We are
and proofs in commercial power plants based at Europe's leading research infrastructure for
CSP .

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Data, Sensors, Drones Computer and Information Sciences, Electrical engineering, Electronic
Engineering, Information Engineering
T2O2 - SMART-FIRE Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We developed an intelligent temperature-
▪ TRL: 7
based combustion controller to reduce ▪ Time to market: 1 – 2 years
pollutants and increase efficiency in manually
fed biomass furnaces. With the received ▪ IP: Patent is currently filed for application and is in process
temperature signals and the developed ▪ Unfair advantage: • Existing customers
algorithms, an energy balance is calculated • Combination of expert knowledge of the combustion
and the required air supply for optimal process and expertise in the field of programming
combustion is determined. By the automatic
adjustment of the combustion air supply
achieved in this way, the combustion process
can be controlled.
MARKET TEAM
Customer The need for this control system is a result of the future ▪ Core competencies: Testing of combustion systems, application-oriented
stricter requirements for emissions and efficiency according research in the field of combustion and flue gas
problem:
to the new Eco-design Directive in Europe. For this purpose, treatment, digitalization, programming and process
the particulate matter problem in many European countries, ▪ Man-years invested: automation
2
especially after the VW Diesel exhaust scandal, has driven
the industry to reduce pollutant emissions not only in the ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Staying at Fraunhofer consulting on technology,
approval test on the test bench but also in practice. further R&D at Fraunhofer
Validation: Validated. The product meets the previously specified requirements
reproducible in practical use.

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Process automation (controlling and monitoring), Digitization Consumer Products & Services, Energy & Utilities, Environment &
Water, Microelectronics
8. AGRICULTURE
8. AGRICULTURE

ConstellR ConstellR provides high-resolution temperature maps and related data products of our planet with sub-daily updates.

Heliopas AI HelioPas AI monitors field parameters, crop health and especially soil moisture levels as accurate as nobody else.

WaMoS We improve your water balance model.


ConstellR Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
ConstellR provides high-resolution
▪ TRL: 3 for core technology, 5 after in-orbit PoC
temperature maps and related data ▪ Time to market: 2-3 years
products of our planet with sub-daily
updates. These constitute the basis for ▪ IP: 2 patents pending, 1 in preparation
actionable insights in a number of ▪ Unfair advantage: Our miniaturization approach makes satellites with
applications, including irrigation high-performance thermal sensors 100 times cheaper
management, crop yield forecasting, to build and launch. This will enable the world’s first
environmental protection, pandemic and TIR-constellation delivering cost-efficient high-
urban monitoring. resolution data with short revisit times.

MARKET TEAM
Customer Earth’s surface temperature is a key parameter for ▪ Core competencies: Earth observation, S/W development, space
environmental observations. However, current data sources engineering, agriculture & insurance businesses
problem:
are either expensive (drones), require manual placement
(IoT), or lack the necessary update rates or spatial resolution ▪ Man-years invested: data merging (1), architecture (1), 3d-printing (3)
to be of use (remote sensing). ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Partner in publically funded technology development
(i.e. ESA, H2020); licenses technology needed;
Validation: The satellite bus hardware is part commercially available. The optical supports future R&D activities;
payload requires further development with instrument TRLs between
2 (freeform optics) and 6 (on-board processing unit). We are
currently performing the in-orbit proof-of-concept of our data
merging approach (currently TRL 3).

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IoT & Sensors Smart Farming; Crop Yield Forecasting; Commodity Trading; Food and
Water Resource Management; Urban and Infrastructure Monitoring;
Business Liability; Environmental Monitoring; Wild Fire Detection
HelioPas AI Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
▪ TRL: 7
HelioPas AI monitors field parameters,
crop health and especially soil ▪ Time to market: 3 months
moisture levels as accurate as nobody ▪ IP: All IP is propriotary to the company. We do not intend to patent
else (50 meters spatial resolution). The our technology, rather to use the „Coca Cola“ strategy
combination of many independently
observed field parameters, enabled ▪ Unfair advantage: We use the latest computer vision and data fusion
through data fusion and artificial research to run data-based models identifying field
intelligence, make context-based crop parameters. By combining them, we gain more
context and run much more precise analytics. This
health monitoring possible. way, we surpassed model-based approaches of work
MARKET worth several decades of geo sciences.
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2017
Customer Farmers face increasing restrictions regarding irrigation,
problem: ▪ Located in: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
due to falling water tables. They need to use water
much more efficient and don‘t know, how to make ▪ Man-years invested: 2,6
optimal decisions about when, where and how much.
▪ Core competencies: Servant leadership, deep learning, startup
business development
Validation: Seven farmers have orally agreed to run pilot tests with us. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Business building support, corporate network as
They have expressed to paying 1-1,50 Euro per hectare per year. piloting customers, marketing support, perhaps
Also insurance companies have talked with us about running C-level hires, advisory board
projects based on our data.

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AI & Data Mathematics, Computer and information sciences, Earth and related
environmental sciences, information engineering, environmental
engineering, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, other agricultural
sciences
WaMoS Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
▪ TRL: 7 - demonstrated in relevant environment
We offer historical trend analysis and
weekly monitoring of quantitative ▪ Time to market: we have already sold our MVP (2018)
changes in Terrestrial Water Storage. We
use gravity data from the satellite ▪ IP: Partly owned by the current hosting institution (GFZ). Partly described
in scientific publications and partly secret know-how.
missions GRACE/GRACE-FO to improve
water availability assessments and
increase warning lead-times for water ▪ Unfair advantage: We drastically reduce uncertainties in hydro-
meteorological models, by providing measured data
managers to apply drought/flood related even for remote areas without need to install costly
risk mitigation measures. networks of ground stations. We provide higher
accuracy for the management of critical water
resources from our desktop.
MARKET
Target market: Water Management of large public and private consumers TEAM
▪ Created in: 2018
Customer problem: The need for advanced monitoring techniques that provide
weekly/daily measured data on quantitative changes in ▪ Located in: Munich
terrestrial water storage over whole regions in order to ▪ Man-years invested: 1 in the technology transfer, +12 in scientific experience
enable more sustainable use of water.
▪ Core competencies: Mathematical modelling, Hydrogravimetry, Software
Development, Marketing&Sales

Validation: GRACE observations have constantly been improved and validated ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Business plan and product development, Market
globally for more than 15 years. With the launch of GRACE-FO, the communication and entrepreneurial skills, networking.
spatial and temporal resolution is coming to a critical level that
allows us to provide the customer with vital data on a weekly/daily
basis.
TECHNOLOGY TAGS INDUSTRY TAGS
AI & Data, IoT & Sensors, Other: Remote Sensing Mathematics / Computer and Information sciences / Earth and related
environmental sciences / Information engineering / Environmental
engineering / Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Other: Remote Sensing
9. COMMUNICATION
9. COMMUNICATION

AuVis We make it possible to intuitively experience the effects of infrastructure projects.

Cadrone We control and track drones that are BVLOS via voice channels of the mobile network.

Interactive, real-time connected 3D-machine models for building an individual knowledge base for shortening ramp-up, running
stationconnector
and optimizing manufacturing plants.

UMC We enable offline configuration of IoT devices with ANY mobile phone and lowest hardware costs.
AuViS Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Methods and platforms (HW&SW) for an
▪ TRL: 6
authentic and trustworthy communication ▪ Time to market: 24 months
of planned infrastructure projects based
on precise recording and simulation ▪ IP: Patents in EU
methods as well as authentic presentation
techniques.
▪ Unfair advantage: Holistic presentations combined with authenticity,
credibility and comparability

MARKET
Target market: B2B TEAM
▪ Created in: 2013
Customer The results of planned infrastructure projects (i.e. noise
reduction measures on railway lines) cannot be realistically ▪ Located in: Berlin
problem: assessed neither by affected residents nor by political and
economic decision-makers. ▪ Man-years invested:12
With the technology developed for audiovisual simulation,
the effects of the various measures can be experienced ▪ Core competencies: SW-engineering, audio- and video processing,
realistically. auralisation and visualization

Validation: We already have ongoing projects and contracts with DB and other ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Further R&D to open and establish new methods for
customers. LOIs are additionally available.
automatic and interactive auralisation based on BIM.

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AI & Data, Augmented- & Virtual Reality Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering
Cadrone Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Drones flying beyond visual line of sight
▪ TRL: 6
(BVLOS) require a reliable and widely ▪ Time to market: <1 year
available data connection. The bandwidth
of voice channels is demonstrably ▪ IP: several applications pending
sufficient for this type of application. Our ▪ Unfair advantage: special methods to exploit voice channels of the mobile
hardware module uses a regular SIM card network
and interacts with standard drone flight
controllers. Even with 2G/3G, the
corresponding software allows customers
to reliably control a large number of
drones and monitor their positions in
real-time.

MARKET TEAM
▪ Core competencies: Wireless Communications, Mobile Networks, Vehicular
Customer Drones flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) require a Communications, Drone Flight Controller
problem: reliable and widely available data connection. Once BVLOS
flights are allowed by the regulatory bodies, drone service
provider will need a trusted and affordable connection to
control and command drones. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Fraunhofer as technological lead, further R&D at
Fraunhofer

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IoT & Sensors, Drones & Robots Automotive & Transportation, Energy, Agriculture, Mobile &
Telecommunications, Mobility
stationconnector – your data your future Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
▪ TRL: 7-8
Software for quick and intuitive data
access to your production line. It ▪ Time to market: 7 Months
enables customers to provide and use ▪ IP: Negotiation with institute almost finished
machine data for almost all common
use cases (e.g. advanced visualisation, ▪ Unfair advantage: Reduced complexity due to intuitive design and
messaging, analytics with machine user interaction; Experience in many industrial
learning…) independent on type of sectors available; regular presentation and
machine control (PLC). feedback on product

MARKET TEAM
Customer Accessing machine data is complex and expensive. ▪ Core competencies: IT, production, logistics, PLC
problem: Uncertainty about interfaces and future data
requirements with regard to analysis and integration of
▪ Man-years invested: 6
machines into production slow down the development
of new solutions and business cases. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: potential shareholder

Validation: • Continuous operation in pharmaceutical production since


2018
• Positive feedback on product
• More than 20 temporary installations in different industrial
sectors
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Manufacturing, machine building, system integrator, first-level
industrial communication, networked production, data access, analytics, service, IT development and analytics
industry 4.0, integration, IOT, M2M, personalized production
UMC – Short Range Communication Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We developed a wireless communication
▪ TRL: 5
technology ("UMC") to transfer configuration ▪ Time to market: 3 – 9 months
data onto IoT devices from any mobile device.
UMC utilizes the phones speaker to generate ▪ IP: 3 patent applications pending
an electromagnetic signal that can be received ▪ Unfair advantage: • Fraunhofer IIS has about ten years of experience in
by the device and requires only some passive the IoT market
components on the device side. • UMC technology is protected by three pending
patent applications
• Hardware costs and size are significant smaller
compared to NFC

MARKET TEAM
Customer Every IoT device needs to be configured before being able to ▪ Core competencies: Tech development (communication systems),
connect to the internet. During their life cycle, devices may Customer Development
problem:
be sold, reused or updated and therefore reconfiguration
will be necessary. This interaction needs a secure, cheap and ▪ Man-years invested: 1
easy-to-use solution. ▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Licensor and tech development (if needed)

Validation: Our interaction with the market shows that the problem of
configuring IoT devices is not yet satisfactorily addressed. The next
step is to validate our market insight regarding our potential
customers, their applications and the specific needs that arise.

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IoT & Sensors Automotive & Transportation, Consumer Products & Services,
Manufacturing & Construction, Microelectronics
10. MICROELECTRONICS
10. MICROELECTRONICS

ICBM ICBM address the need for materials for the optimization of organic electronic components.

KonSenT Large area surface sensor arrays for data acquisition - enabled by continuous production processes.
ICBM – Innovative Carbon Based Materials Looking for: co-founder(s) Phase I

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
We develop new materials for organic
▪ TRL: 4
electronics to improve efficiency, lifetime ▪ Time to market: 2 years
and prices of the devices made by our
costumers. ▪ IP: Secret know-how, patent in future
Furthermore, our products should enable ▪ Unfair advantage: • Better doping strength
to enhance the evaporations rate and • Cheaper materials
thus the productions rate. • Longer device lifetimes
• Lower toxicity

MARKET TEAM
Customer • High costs ▪ Core competencies: • Organic synthesis
Low lifetimes of devices • IP situation
problem: •
• Low efficiency
• Low production rate ▪ Man-years invested: 1
▪ Role of Fraunhofer: • Further R&D
• Consulting for technology
Validation: First synthetic results

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New Materials & Nanotech Energy & Utilities, Mobile & Telecommunications, Microelectronics,
RFID, Sensors
KonSenT Phase II

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
Large area surface sensor arrays for data
▪ TRL: 7
acquisition – enabled by continuous ▪ Time to market: 1-2 years
production processes.
▪ IP: Future generation sensors designs can be patented.
▪ Unfair advantage: Access to large variety of production technologies,
which can be integrated with high flexibility.

MARKET TEAM
Customer Lack of data for further process optimization. ▪ Core competencies: Know-how for production technologies and sensor
design.
problem:
▪ Man-years invested: 5 invested in technology
▪ Role of Fraunhofer: Support in technology transfer

Validation: Function of sensors in validated, first pre-series is about to be


ordered.

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IoT & Sensors Consumer Products & Services, Microelectronics
FURTHER TECHNOLOGIES

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disruptive loudspeaker technology to
reduce costs all along the production chain -
from microspeaker to mobile device
manufacturers - while improving the whole
loudspeaker quality.
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